The members of State Information Commission should be of eminence in public life[10] and are not permitted to hold any other office of profit or any position which is connected with any political party and are also barred from carrying on any business or continuing any profession in any field.
Dr. Bhupinder S Batth, Sandeep S Dhaliwal and Virinderjit S Billing are State Information Commissioners appointed on 16th of August 2024 for the term of three years.
The commission has the power of the civil court during the course of enquiry and in respect of the following matters: Any complaint which requires the discovery and inspection of documents relating to it.
Commission under the powers can recommend steps which can be taken for confirming to the provisions of the act if any public authority fails to do so.
[18][19] The maximum number of appeals and complaints pending as per October 2014 records were in state of Uttar Pradesh.
A survey conducted by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, showed that most State Information Commission in India were inactive during Covid pandemic.